ORDER RAPTORES. 1 85 



Genus ICTINIA Vieillot. 

 Ictinia Vieill. Analyse, 1816, 24. Type, Fako mississippiensisV^ius. 



320. Ictinia mississippiensis (VVils.). 



3Iississippi Kite. 



Falco mississippiensis Wils. Am. Orn, III. 181 1, 80, pi. 25, fig. i. 

 Ictinia mississippiensis Gkav, Gen. B. I. 1845, 26. 



[B36, C335, R428, C49I-] 



Hab. Southern United States, southward from South Carolina on 

 the coast, and Wisconsin and Iowa in the interior, to Mexico. 



Genus ROSTRHAMUS Lesson. 

 Rostrhamtis Lf.ss. Traite, 1831, 55. Type, Falco hamatus ILLIG. 



330. Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieill.). 



Everglade Kite. 



HerpetotJieres sociabilis YmiiA.. Nouv. Diet. XVIII. 1818, 318. 

 Jiostrhamus sociabilis D'Orb. Voy. Ois. II. 1S47, 73. 



[B 37> C 334, R 429, C 490.] 



Hab. Florida, Cuba, Eastern Mexico, Central America, and East- 

 ern South America, to the Argentine Republic. 



Genus CIRCUS LACEPtDE. 



Circtis Lac^p. Mem. de ITnst. III. 1801, 506. Type, Falco cyaneus 

 Linn. 



331. Circus hudsonius (Linn.). 



Marsh Havrk. 



Falco hudsonius Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 128. 

 Circus hudsonius Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, pi. 9. 



[B 38, C 333, R 430, C 489.] 



Had. North America in general, south to Panama. 



